The history of scuba diving begins in the 1930s, when Jacques Cousteau, a French engineer, produces the first underwater film. Simone Cousteau and her husband loaded black and white still camera films into a movie camera. The first underwater movie was produced. Emile Gagnan, an engineer in industrial gas control systems at L'Air Liquide et Cie designed the Aqualung. In 1943, it becomes commercially feasible to dive. The Cousteau family tests the prototype units in 1943.
Jacques-Yves Cousteau
Jacques-Yves Cousteau grew up in Marseilles, France. He spent his childhood swimming in the warm ocean around his home. After graduating high school, he entered the navy. During his time with the navy, he was a naval guns instructor and a master diver. Afterward, he became fascinated with the underwater world and swam down to explore the seabed. He also invented an underwater camera.
Emile Gagnan
Emile Gagnan was the inventor of many modern innovations in SCUBA diving. Aqualung was created by Emile Gagnan in the 1950s. This breathing apparatus allows the diver to inhale underwater air. This invention made scubadiving safer and more accessible.
Henry Fleuss
Henry Fleuss is a pioneer in the history of scuba diving. He is also credited for many other innovations, including the self-contained breathing apparatus. He worked at several companies, including Siebe, Gorman & Co., where he patented the designs in 1878. It was revolutionary in that it allowed the diver work alone without the need for a pump or large crew.
Harry Houdini
Harry Houdini will be the first person that comes to mind when you think of scuba dive. The master escape artist was known for performing a number of amazing escapes, including one from a container underwater. He also showed how to escape from locks and straitjackets. And his escape skills have been immortalized in motion pictures.
Mark V diving helmet
Mark V diving helmet has a rich heritage in scuba diving. It was designed by the US Navy in 1916. It was then used until 1984. It is considered to be the first diving helmet. But, there are still other helmets from the 1820s.
William Beebe
William Beebe's diving adventures are more than just tales of adventure under the sea. He was also an explorer who took many dives to the sea for scientific research. He constructed a marine laboratory in Nonsuch Island, Bermudas to study the underwater world. He researched the behavior of marine animals and created a unique diving helmet. Beebe also was the first to make a descent into deep water using a bathysphere. A device that lowers a person to 3 028 feet (923 m) in depth. This record was held until 1949.